OFFICIAL " EROL BULUT IS CARDIFF CITY MANAGER "

Cardiff City Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Erol Bulut as First Team Manager.

With over 25 years of experience at the top levels of European football as both a player and manager, the 48-year-old has signed a deal at Cardiff City Stadium and will meet Club staff and media for the first time on Monday afternoon.

Born in Germany, Erol began his playing career at Eintracht Frankfurt having come through the Bundesliga club’s Academy, later winning major national honours playing for the likes of Fenerbahçe and Olympiacos and representing both clubs in the UEFA Champions League. He enjoyed multiple trophy successes as a player, before moving into management in 2017.

After guiding Yeni Malatyaspor to a club-record high fifth-place finish in the Turkish Süper Lig in 2019 and reaching the UEFA Europa League qualifying stages, Erol joined Alyanaspor, leading them to their first domestic Cup Final and, again, the Europa League qualifying stages.

He was approached and recruited by former club and European heavyweight Fenerbahçe in 2020, winning 21 of his 34 matches in charge and securing the club’s highest recorded away win percentage.

Speaking of Erol’s appointment, Tan Sri Vincent Tan said: “I’d like to welcome Erol and offer him my sincerest best wishes and good luck as Manager of Cardiff City.

“This summer allowed us to consider applicants for the manager’s position from across Europe and, having taken our time with the process, I’m extremely confident that we have chosen the best candidate to take us forward.

"Erol has vast experience both as a player and as a manager, having played Champions League football and managed European sides across 200 League games to date. This level of experience is needed at this time and I think will prove invaluable to the squad.

“Erol’s enthusiasm and hunger for success impresses me greatly. When we spoke, it became clear that his intensity and hard work ethic matched the core cultural traits that I want our club to return to.

"His excellent record in European football represents a standard of managerial experience that we have not had at Cardiff City before. His experience in this field, I hope, will allow us to attract a higher profile and standard of player in the coming years.”


Erol’s first interview as Cardiff City Manager will be with WalesOnline on Monday afternoon!

Strewth, Ned; I thought I was quick...!

Welcome to the CCS Erol Bulut...!

An appointment out of left-field, I wish you well and as a long-standing and loyal Bluebird supporter you have my full support going forward...!

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Croeso Erol and I hope you are ready for the rollercoaster that is Cardiff City

Never heard of the guy but I'm just glad it wasn't Morrison or Bamba as much as I like him.

Never heard of him. Probably a good thing. Good luck. Welcome to the mad house.

No ambition

We all said it would be probably someone we've never heard of and so it seems.

Looks promising and is a real manager so i am very happy

Welcome Erol let's get the roller coaster rocking.

No ambition

How you come up with the pearl of wisdom?

Strewth, Ned; I thought I was quick...!

Welcome to the CCS Erol Bulut...!

I wish you well and as a long-standing and loyal Bluebird supporter you have my full support going forward...!

Agree, welcome to the new manager. Hope he's successful and I'll fully support him

Given the past few weeks I’ll believe it when I see him in front of me in the dugout

Welcome Erol

No ambition

And you know that how...?

He’ll do for me.

ITK 0 CCFC 1 .
Fair play the board sent out, plenty of fake news !
Welcome Erol Bulut .

Cant say I know anything about him but like someone mentioned above- perhaps that is a good thing

Let's hope Erol takes out the doubters like a Bulut from a gun.

Let's hope he does well and doesn't get the bulut

Absolute dire appointment…average CV and no experience whatsoever of U.K. football or the Championship

We will now sign a few below average European players to replace some of the dross we already have and the team will be no better and possibly worse

Tan is talking through his arse yet again saying he will be backed we are under a transfer embargo so we all know that’s bullshit

And to cap it all he’s a personal friend of the football genius that is Mehmet Dalman

This is going to be a disaster and he will be sacked by Xmas at the latest

Another example that shows all the talk of betting odds is a total waste of time, swayed by a few quid here and there.

Experienced as player and manager can't fault that, kinda exciting to see what he does with the team as a foreign manager

Absolute dire appointment…average CV and no experience whatsoever of U.K. football or the Championship

We will now sign a few below average European players to replace some of the dross we already have and the team will be no better and possibly worse

Tan is talking through his arse yet again saying he will be backed we are under a transfer embargo so we all know that’s bullshit

And to cap it all he’s a personal friend of the football genius that is Mehmet Dalman

This is going to be a disaster and he will be sacked by Xmas at the latest

That's the spirit pal. Glad your excited like some of us

Absolute dire appointment…average CV and no experience whatsoever of U.K. football or the Championship

We will now sign a few below average European players to replace some of the dross we already have and the team will be no better and possibly worse

Tan is talking through his arse yet again saying he will be backed we are under a transfer embargo so we all know that’s bullshit

And to cap it all he’s a personal friend of the football genius that is Mehmet Dalman

This is going to be a disaster and he will be sacked by Xmas at the latest

That's the spirit pal. Glad your excited like some of us

We are going to win the league messi is coming !

We are going to win the league messi is coming !

Who?doesnt fill with me much excitement the quicker tan and co go the better

Absolute dire appointment…average CV and no experience whatsoever of U.K. football or the Championship

We will now sign a few below average European players to replace some of the dross we already have and the team will be no better and possibly worse

Tan is talking through his arse yet again saying he will be backed we are under a transfer embargo so we all know that’s bullshit

And to cap it all he’s a personal friend of the football genius that is Mehmet Dalman

This is going to be a disaster and he will be sacked by Xmas at the latest

No doubt your waiting for Bulut to get fired....

Is our luck about to change ? We will know by Christmas .
Feeling optimistic for the start of the season

Welcome

Absolute dire appointment…average CV and no experience whatsoever of U.K. football or the Championship

We will now sign a few below average European players to replace some of the dross we already have and the team will be no better and possibly worse

Tan is talking through his arse yet again saying he will be backed we are under a transfer embargo so we all know that’s bullshit

And to cap it all he’s a personal friend of the football genius that is Mehmet Dalman

This is going to be a disaster and he will be sacked by Xmas at the latest

No doubt your waiting for Bulut to get fired....

I hope he turns out to be a brilliant appointment and turns the squad into a competitive team that challenges for the playoffs..however the reality of the situation is that he won’t and we are more likely to be relegated

It’s just another example of the muppets doing something on the cheap and keeping their fingers crossed it will work out

There’s no long term plan in this appointment which is what we desperately need..it’s another short term botch job

I can understand why some are underwhelmed by this appointment. Its been two years of total decline and mismanagement at board level. However, this guys CV is decent and he has worked with some top European players, I am certainly more inspired than having Morison or Bamba in charge. Before drawing any conclusions whether this is being done on the cheap I will await to see who we sign this summer. We will have some better indication then on whether this is a positive attempt to improve our situation or just another botch job. As always I wish any new manager good luck and will get behind him 100%.